Tag Archives: traceable
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Building a Transparent Supply Chain in Africa for Clothing
Posted on July 27, 2018 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Crowdfunding a Transparent Supply Chain in Africa During September and October 2018 Where Does It Come From? ran a crowdfund to help establish our new transparent supply chain in Africa. You can now order one of our African tunics, scarves, pocket squares or hair scrunchies in our online shop, or create something for yourself with […]
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Come On In to Fairtrade Fortnight 2018
Posted on February 24, 2018 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 kicked off on Monday! Over the two weeks there’ll be a huge number of events designed to promote and encourage the use of Fairtrade products such as chocolate (yum), cotton, fruit, spices, tea, coffee and many many more. But what is Fairtrade and why does it matter? What is […]
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Dress Your Values (Like Meghan!)
Posted on February 1, 2018 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? and Katie Carr, Founder of Tommy and Lottie Meghan Markle Shows Us Her Ethics! It was fabulous this week to see the Daily Mail featuring our princess-to-be Meghan Markle and focussing on her ethical clothing choices. Meghan’s conscious shopping choices included jeans from the Welsh […]
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Our Journey towards Zero Waste….
Posted on September 8, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.What is Zero Waste Week? This week is Zero Waste Week, a fantastic opportunity for all of us as individuals and businesses to look at how much we throw away and to ask the question ‘where is ‘away’?’ What happens to what we discard? Can we do our bit to lessen the growing expanse of rubbish that […]
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Jeans with a High Waste
Posted on September 1, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Jeans with a High Waste by Jo Salter and Rachel Forcella (Forcella Content Marketing) Who doesn’t own a pair of jeans? Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (sound familiar?), jeans have gone from being the workwear of farm labourers and miners during the American gold rush to a staple of virtually everyone’s […]
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Interview for Fashion Revolution on BBC Suffolk
Posted on May 18, 2017 by Jo Salter in Jo Media, Media Coverage, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Jo was invited onto BBC Radio Suffolk to talk about Fashion Revolution on 30 April 2017. You can listen to the interview with Jon Wright by clicking below.
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Five Reasons why it’s better FOR YOU to buy Ethical Clothes
Posted on July 11, 2016 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.People like me often talk (bang on) about ethical clothes and the benefits for those people creating them and for our planet too. That’s all very well but, let’s face it, however altruistic we are feeling, most of us want to know what’s in it for us. Well here are five good reasons why it […]
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Ipswich firms vies for support from Deborah Meaden
Posted on February 16, 2016 by Jo Salter in Jo Media, Media Coverage, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Article in the East Anglian Daily Times on 4th February 2016 http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/ipswich_firms_vies_for_mentoring_support_from_dragon_s_den_star_deborah_meaden_1_4404239
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Blogger Review – Mummy in the City review
Posted on July 7, 2015 by Jo Salter in Media Coverage, Review, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Blogger Mummy in the City kindly reviewed our Freya Pinafore dress. You can read her review by clicking on the link below. http://www.mummyinthecity.com/review-where-does-it-come-from-for-practical-and-traceable-childrens-clothes/
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Adding ‘Responsibility’ to the Shopping List…
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.A blog by Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? for The Organisation for Responsible Businesses (ORB) at www.orbuk.org.uk Here we are in the New Year (half way through January already!). So how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Many people concentrate on what they should be giving up for the New […]
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A Green Business with Transparent Aspirations …….
Posted on October 24, 2014 by Jo Salter in Jo's Soapbox, Where Does It Come From? Blog.By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? (www.wheredoesitcomefrom.co.uk) created for ‘Green Aspirations’ (www.green-aspirations.co.uk) At Where Does It Come From? we definitely have Green Aspirations! We have other aspirations too, all around offering ethical, traceable products made without detriment to people or planet and where the customer can actually find out how and […]
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Comfortable in Your Clothes? Article in Let’s Talk
Posted on October 16, 2014 by Jo Salter in Jo Media, Media Coverage, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Terry Redhead from ‘Lets Talk’ Magazine published a great article about the business (and me – at least I think that paragon is me…..). We met for a lovely cup of tea and chat and I showed him some of the Where Does It Come From? collection. Just click on the link below to read […]
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Dress like a Filmstar!
Posted on October 8, 2014 by Jo Salter in Media Coverage, Where Does It Come From? Blog.Fantastic News! The same ethical fabrics used in the Where Does It Come From? collection will now be gracing the stars of Hollywood! Warner Bros have selected MoralFibre Fabrics, our partner in Gujarat, to supply the fabrics for their latest movie ‘Peter Pan’ starring Hugh Jackman! Khadi, a handspun handwoven fabric famously promoted by Ghandi, […]
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